Ft Kent Racer Debuts 15th At NASCAR Race
For Fort Kent's Austin Theriault, his debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series was good enough for a 15th place finish. Not bad for a 20-year-old racing on a track he had never raced on.
Veteran driver Sam Hornish Jr. won the race held at Iowa Speedway. Young Ryan Blaney finished second and another veteran Regan Smith was third.
Theriault, driving Dale Earnhardt Jr's #5 car started the race in the #17 spot. He spent some time in the top 10, climbing as high as 8th. After the final pit stop, with about 30 laps to go, Theriault fell to 15th and finished in that spot.
He will drive the Earnhardt car at Loudon, NH and in Kentucky later in the summer.
Check out the final results...
POS | Car # | Driver | Make | Start Pos. | Laps | Laps Led | + / - Change in points standings since last race. | |
1 | 54 | Sam Hornish Jr | Toyota | 2 | 250 | 166 | 7 | |
2 | 22 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 1 | 250 | 81 | -2 | |
3 | 7 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 4 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 6 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | 11 | Elliott Sadler | Toyota | 8 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | 2 | Brian Scott | Chevrolet | 7 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | 20 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | 3 | 250 | 3 | 0 | |
8 | 3 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 13 | 250 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 16 | 250 | 0 | -1 | |
10 | 01 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 9 | 250 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | 42 | Dylan Kwasniewski | Chevrolet | 5 | 250 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 10 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | 60 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 11 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | 31 | Chase Pistone | Chevrolet | 12 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | 5 | Austin Theriault | Chevrolet | 17 | 250 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | 16 | Ryan Reed | Ford | 15 | 250 | 0 | -2 | |
17 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Chevrolet | 18 | 250 | 0 | 2 | |
18 | 28 | J.J. Yeley | Dodge | 24 | 250 | 0 | 2 | |
19 | 99 | James Buesche | Toyota | 14 | 249 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | 98 | Ryan Gifford | Ford | 23 | 248 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | 43 | Dakoda Armstrong | Ford | 22 | 248 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 28 | 246 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | 4 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 25 | 245 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | 14 | Eric McClure | Toyota | 32 | 245 | 0 | -1 | |
25 | 40 | Matt DiBenedetto | Chevrolet | 30 | 245 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | 44 | Hal Martin | Toyota | 27 | 243 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | 52 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 29 | 242 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | 93 | Carl Long | Dodge | 35 | 235 | 0 | 5 | |
29 | 84 | Chad Boat | Chevrolet | 20 | 227 | 0 | -1 | |
30 | 33 | Cale Conley | Chevrolet | 21 | 224 | 0 | -6 | |
31 | 19 | Mike Bliss | Toyota | 19 | 220 | 0 | -2 | |
32 | 55 | Caleb Roark | Chevrolet | 38 | 175 | 0 | 0 | |
33 | 23 | Carlos Contreras | Chevrolet | 37 | 138 | 0 | -2 | |
34 | 87 | Tim Schendel | Chevrolet | 36 | 131 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | 17 | Tanner Berryhill | Dodge | 31 | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | 76 | Tommy Joe Martins | Ford | 34 | 63 | 0 | 1 | |
37 | 70 | Derrike Cope | Chevrolet | 33 | 44 | 0 | 1 | |
38 | 74 | Mike Harmon | Dodge | 40 | 8 | 0 | -2 | |
39 | 10 | Jeff Green | Toyota | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
40 | 46 | Ryan Ellis | Chevrolet | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 |